Clio (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Clio (/ˈkliːoʊ/, more rarely /ˈklaɪoʊ/; ), also spelled Cleio, may refer to the following women:

Clio, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.Virgil, Georgics 4.341 Her name means "fame-giver". Clio or Cleio,Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Micyllus; Scheffero; Munckerus; Staveren; Schmidt) one of the 50 Nereids, the sea-nymph daughters of 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.Hyginus, Fabulae Preface Clio, one of the Muses, daughters of Zeus and the Titan Mnemosyne.Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3 & 3.19.4 Cleo, one of the 50 Danaides, daughters of the Libyan king Danaus. She married and murdered her cousin-husband Asterius.Hyginus, Fabulae 170

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